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Song about autistic children’s experiences 22 AdvocacyBook ReviewsUncategorized

Song about autistic children’s experiences

I'm teaching a course on disability culture ("Disability Rights and Pride") this term. Our primary book is Eli Clare's Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure. One of the issues that comes up in Clare's book is the cultural assumptions about being disabled, assumptions that made his…
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Kevin TimpeMarch 3, 2020
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Of Such is the Kingdom 22 AdvocacyBook Reviews

Of Such is the Kingdom

Yesterday I stared reading Summer Kindard's new book, Of Such is the Kingdom: A Practical Theology of Disability. I'm a little over 100 pages in (out of a total of around 260) and so far it's perhaps the best single book I know of on…
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Kevin TimpeFebruary 16, 2020
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Clifton on psychology Book Reviews

Clifton on psychology

(This post is part of a series on Shane Clifton’s book Crippled Grace. Earlier post on chapter 1 can be found here, chapter 2 can be found here., and chapters 3 and 4 here. This post is on chapter 5.) In this chapter, Clifton aims to…
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Kevin TimpeApril 21, 2019
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Clifton on virtue and the good life Book Reviews

Clifton on virtue and the good life

(This post is part of a series on Shane Clifton’s book Crippled Grace. This posts focuses on chapters 3 and 4. The post on chapter 1 can be found here, and chapter 2 can be found here. In chapter 3, we turn to Clifton's engagement with…
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Kevin TimpeApril 14, 2019
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Clifton on disability and suffering Book Reviews

Clifton on disability and suffering

(This post is part of a series on Shane Clifton's book Crippled Grace. This posts focuses on chapter 2. The post on chapter 1 can be found here.) It is very common for individuals, especially if they do not have personal experience with a disability…
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Kevin TimpeApril 8, 2019
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Clifton, introduction and chapter 1 Book Reviews

Clifton, introduction and chapter 1

A summary of Clifton, "Crippled Grace" chapter 1.
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Kevin TimpeApril 6, 2019
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A new book study on Clifton’s “Crippled Grace.” Book Reviews

A new book study on Clifton’s “Crippled Grace.”

I'm teaching a course on theology and disability this semester at Calvin Theological Seminary. We've been exploring a wide range of issues during the first part of the course: some general issues in disability studies, how some influential theologians have thought about disability, disability and…
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Kevin TimpeApril 3, 2019
Disability representation in children’s books 22 AdvocacyBook Reviews

Disability representation in children’s books

I was invited to consult at local elementary school this morning. It's a school that was founded to be racially and economically diverse (not always the norm for here in Grand Rapids). The past few years, they've sought to also do better with respect to…
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Kevin TimpeMarch 22, 2019

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